This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jkellison2008 Surnames: HAMILTON CARPENTER Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.saintlawrence/3003.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thomas Hamilton died in 1879 in Ashville, Chatauqua County NY. An obit from the Jamestown Journal provided the basis for the information I gave you on his place of origin, ie Ogdensburg NY. In some of the NY census returns he is listed as being born in St Lawrence County Vermont. None of the family's surviving documents give us any details of his family or history prior to his arrival in Blockville NY in 1845. Family oral history asserts he was a sailor/carpenter on the Great Lakes and named his 3 sons after ships he worked on - Hendrick H, Henry Harrison and Hosea Orlando Hamilton. He married a local girl (Sallyette Carpenter)in 1846 but her family had come to the area from Dutchess County NY a generation earlier as part of the first settlers c.1814. The Obit claimed he served as sailor, mate and master before settling down. If you or anyone else reading these posts can point to any potential avenues of research re Thomas and his family besides those in your email I would appreciate the help, eg How many Hamilton families moved from Vermont and when? Many thanks for your prompt reply to my earlier post. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

There is no St. Lawrence County Vermont, you must mean New York of which Ogdensburg is a part of. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 11:28 PM Subject: Re: [NYSTLAWR] HAMILTON of Ogdensburg Info > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: jkellison2008 > Surnames: HAMILTON CARPENTER > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.saintlawrence/3003.1.2.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Thomas Hamilton died in 1879 in Ashville, Chatauqua County NY. An obit > from the Jamestown Journal provided the basis for the information I gave > you on his place of origin, ie Ogdensburg NY. In some of the NY census > returns he is listed as being born in St Lawrence County Vermont. None of > the family's surviving documents give us any details of his family or > history prior to his arrival in Blockville NY in 1845. Family oral > history asserts he was a sailor/carpenter on the Great Lakes and named his > 3 sons after ships he worked on - Hendrick H, Henry Harrison and Hosea > Orlando Hamilton. > He married a local girl (Sallyette Carpenter)in 1846 but her family had > come to the area from Dutchess County NY a generation earlier as part of > the first settlers c.1814. The Obit claimed he served as sailor, mate and > master before settling down. > > If you or anyone else reading these posts can point to any potential > avenues of research re Thomas and his family besides those in your email I > would appreciate the help, eg How many Hamilton families moved from > Vermont and when? > > Many thanks for your prompt reply to my earlier post. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message